Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

उद्गिरंतो हि निगमान्विवाहसमये नृप । सर्वं निवेदयामासुः कर्णाटाय दुरात्मने

Transliteration

udgiraṃto hi nigamānvivāhasamaye nṛpa | sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsuḥ karṇāṭāya durātmane

Translation

Ô Roi, récitant les hymnes védiques au temps des noces, ils rapportèrent tout au funeste Karṇāṭa.

Word by Word

• उद्गिरन्तः: uttering / proclaiming
• उद्गिरन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+गॄ/गिर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• निगमान्: Vedic texts / scriptures
• निगमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विवाहसमये: at the time of the wedding
• विवाहसमये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निवेदयामासुः: they reported / informed
• निवेदयामासुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कर्णाटाय: to Karṇāṭa
• कर्णाटाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• दुरात्मने: to the wicked one
• दुरात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे (epithet)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (episode setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding setting with brāhmaṇas chanting Veda; simultaneously, messengers/participants turn to inform a dark, menacing Karṇāṭa figure; auspicious lamps contrast with ominous shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Karṇāṭa
• nigama (Veda)
• vivāha (wedding)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even sacred occasions like marriage can be threatened when information is misused by the adharmic; vigilance protects dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger context is Dharmāraṇya; this verse highlights events surrounding a wedding within that sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references Vedic recitation during the vivāha (marriage rite), but does not prescribe a specific additional ritual.